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From: Exposure to light enhances pre-adult fitness in two dark-dwelling sympatric species of ants

Figure 2

Effect of light regimes on the pre-hatching, larval and pupal durations. In LL, duration of pre-hatching stages is reduced (relative to DD) by ~36% in both C. compressus and C. paria, larval stages are reduced by ~49% in C. compressus and by ~27% in C. paria, and pupal stage is reduced by ~32% in C. compressus and by ~41% in C. paria. In LD, duration of pre-hatching stages is reduced (relative to DD) by ~36% in both C. compressus and C. paria, larval stages are reduced by ~30% in C. compressus and by ~26% in C. paria, and pupal stage is reduced by ~27% in C. compressus and by ~18% in C. paria. Species types are plotted along the abscissa and percentage reduction of the durations of specific developmental stages along the ordinate.

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